‘Westworld’ Full Length Trailer: There May Be Something Wrong With This World

We’ve known for a while that HBO’s upcoming tv series remake of Westworld is going to differ from the 1973 Michael Crichton film on which it’s based, but the full-length trailer that debuted tonight makes those differences explicit. This time out, the problem facing guests of high priced theme park Delos isn’t just a virus causing the androids to spin out of control: it’s that the Androids have gained awareness of their situation, and aren’t remotely happy about it. See what I mean for yourself above.

It’s still Westworld, but with a dash of The Thirteenth Floor and The Matrix thrown in, as Ed Harris’ gunslinger – the character originated by Yul Brynner in the original film – appears not just the dangerous personification of the park’s systems going of control (and roosters coming home to roost, as it were), but as a self-styled savior come to free his fellow androids from bondage. That elevates the stakes considerably, and lives up to the series’ ambitious examination of human depravity beyond mere amoral hubris.